Attorney Jeanan Stuart waits in the courtroom for her case to be called at the Metro Courthouse Friday April 5, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn.

Written by

Walter F. Roche Jr.
| The Tennessean

Citing "significant concerns" that she charged excessive fees to her clients, Davidson County Probate Judge David Randy Kennedy Wednesday permanently suspended Public Guardian Jeanan Mills Stuart and vowed to help seek her replacement.

Stuart, who had held the job for five years, submitted a resignation letter effective in a week. Her letter was forwarded to members of Metro Council along with a letter from Kennedy announcing her termination.

In his five-paragraph letter to council, Kennedy wrote that while most conservatorship cases, including those assigned to Stuart "have been ...